Kathryn Leia
@voxossa.bsky.social
they/she | studying the memorialisation of marginalised people in history and making art about it | queer, disabled, AuDHD | living my best hobbit life | MLitt Gender Studies | views my own 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴🇵🇸
Also, I’m on holiday this week in Faro. Aside from Capela dos Ossos - the bone chapel - what shouldn’t I miss?
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Also, I’m on holiday this week in Faro. Aside from Capela dos Ossos - the bone chapel - what shouldn’t I miss?
Data visualisation by a dyscalculic cemeteries researcher:
If all the people estimated to be buried at Crossbones were to attend a University of St Andrews graduation ceremony, they'd fill Younger Hall 15 times over.
If all the people estimated to be buried at Crossbones were to attend a University of St Andrews graduation ceremony, they'd fill Younger Hall 15 times over.
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Data visualisation by a dyscalculic cemeteries researcher:
If all the people estimated to be buried at Crossbones were to attend a University of St Andrews graduation ceremony, they'd fill Younger Hall 15 times over.
If all the people estimated to be buried at Crossbones were to attend a University of St Andrews graduation ceremony, they'd fill Younger Hall 15 times over.
I had a brilliantly insightful conversation Bodmin Jail manager Jess Marlton earlier today about performative memorialisation, constructed narratives, and representation of women's historic experiences. Have I mentioned recently how much I love my research area?
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I had a brilliantly insightful conversation Bodmin Jail manager Jess Marlton earlier today about performative memorialisation, constructed narratives, and representation of women's historic experiences. Have I mentioned recently how much I love my research area?
This #MementoMoriMonday is from the tomb of Mr Richard Blisse in Southwark Cathedral.
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This #MementoMoriMonday is from the tomb of Mr Richard Blisse in Southwark Cathedral.
This week’s #MementoMoriMonday is a day late because I was up in Aberdeen then down in Edinburgh, which was a lot of driving! This one’s from my thesis site, Crossbones, carved into the entranceway.
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This week’s #MementoMoriMonday is a day late because I was up in Aberdeen then down in Edinburgh, which was a lot of driving! This one’s from my thesis site, Crossbones, carved into the entranceway.
This Daily Mail journo appears to be writing fanfic about Zack Polanski #hatecrush
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This Daily Mail journo appears to be writing fanfic about Zack Polanski #hatecrush
#MementoMoriMonday comes from the pleasingly alliterative Moulin, a village just a mile outside Pitlochry. The church dates from the 1800’s when it was rebuilt after a fire, but there was a church on the site for a long time before that. The churchyard holds a 12th century crusader knight’s tomb!
October 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#MementoMoriMonday comes from the pleasingly alliterative Moulin, a village just a mile outside Pitlochry. The church dates from the 1800’s when it was rebuilt after a fire, but there was a church on the site for a long time before that. The churchyard holds a 12th century crusader knight’s tomb!
• Indiana Jones and the Same Sex Double Burial Who Were, Like, Probably Roommates or Something
• Indiana Jones and the Series of Small Walls
• Indiana Jones and the Object of Probable Ritual Significance That Looks Suspiciously Like a Seggs Toy
• Indiana Jones and the Series of Small Walls
• Indiana Jones and the Object of Probable Ritual Significance That Looks Suspiciously Like a Seggs Toy
October 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
• Indiana Jones and the Same Sex Double Burial Who Were, Like, Probably Roommates or Something
• Indiana Jones and the Series of Small Walls
• Indiana Jones and the Object of Probable Ritual Significance That Looks Suspiciously Like a Seggs Toy
• Indiana Jones and the Series of Small Walls
• Indiana Jones and the Object of Probable Ritual Significance That Looks Suspiciously Like a Seggs Toy
May I present my peo-knee…
October 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
May I present my peo-knee…
Sunday stitching the sweary scene from The King’s Speech
October 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Sunday stitching the sweary scene from The King’s Speech
Taking advantage of the sunny weather and finally getting round to blocking this crochet jumper
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Taking advantage of the sunny weather and finally getting round to blocking this crochet jumper
My friend picked up a miniature of a selkie at Tabletop Scotland, painted her up and and posted her to me. This is apparently in exchange for the screaming possum I crocheted him a while back. I love these sort of creative exchanges!
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My friend picked up a miniature of a selkie at Tabletop Scotland, painted her up and and posted her to me. This is apparently in exchange for the screaming possum I crocheted him a while back. I love these sort of creative exchanges!
Memento Mori Monday!
October 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Memento Mori Monday!
This is last week’s #MementoMoriMonday, cause hoo boi I’m not well!
October 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is last week’s #MementoMoriMonday, cause hoo boi I’m not well!
September 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A quick visit to Gosford House estate grounds after swimming, because I googled “old cemeteries near me” (as I frequently do!) and discovered this Masonic mausoleum was just 5 minutes away.
August 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A quick visit to Gosford House estate grounds after swimming, because I googled “old cemeteries near me” (as I frequently do!) and discovered this Masonic mausoleum was just 5 minutes away.
Longniddry Bents is apparently popular for SUP, and made for a lovely sea swim location.
August 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Longniddry Bents is apparently popular for SUP, and made for a lovely sea swim location.
My laundry looking all New Romantic
August 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My laundry looking all New Romantic
My Mentha suaveolens, or apple mint, is flowering. #bloomscrolling
July 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My Mentha suaveolens, or apple mint, is flowering. #bloomscrolling
I build a small pond in the spring out of a plastic bucket, some old bricks and broken slates, and a cheap multipack of aquatic plants. Today I discovered a FROG has moved in! I’m genuinely so delighted - I’ve made a home for an amphibious lil guy!
July 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I build a small pond in the spring out of a plastic bucket, some old bricks and broken slates, and a cheap multipack of aquatic plants. Today I discovered a FROG has moved in! I’m genuinely so delighted - I’ve made a home for an amphibious lil guy!
How many library memberships are too many library memberships? #AskingForAFriend
July 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
How many library memberships are too many library memberships? #AskingForAFriend
New post over on my website, thanks to my friend Kate’s visit to Highgate and her superior knowledge of queer literary history!
June 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New post over on my website, thanks to my friend Kate’s visit to Highgate and her superior knowledge of queer literary history!